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UT's Gail Goestenkors hasn't been able to recreate the Duke days

By gsanders

Created 03/11/2012 - 3:33pm

Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 3:33pm

AUSTIN, Texas —
A half-hour after her Longhorns defeated Oklahoma on Feb. 25, giving her a 100th coaching victory at Texas, women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors was asked how she would celebrate her 49th birthday the next day.

Fresh off the finest hour of the season, her face still flushed with excitement, Goestenkors paused, stared into the TV cameras and said, "I'm going to watch tape of Missouri. Lots of tape."

Her response drew hearty laughter among those in the room, but Goestenkors was not kidding. It was late February in a difficult season and, birthday or not, she would spend the following day scouting Texas' next opponent.